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Jordan Clarkson's phone would not stop making noise. Ping ping Ping. Ping ping ping. Clarkson had just scored a career-high 25 points and added six assists against the NBA's top defense statistically, painting another coat on an already promising rookie season while creating quite the melody of text messages from friends and family as he sat in front of his locker. The Lakers lost an effort-filled game to the Memphis Grizzlies, 97-90, what would normally qualify as a bad loss because they led by eight near the midpoint of the fourth quarter. But are there really "bad losses" these days for the Lakers, keepers of the NBA's fourth-worst record (16-45) almost...

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Jordan Clarkson's phone would not stop making noise.
Ping ping Ping. Ping ping ping.
Clarkson had just scored a career-high 25 points and added six assists against the NBA's top defense statistically, painting another coat on an already promising rookie...

Maybe teams are going about this intentionally fouling DeAndre Jordan thing all wrong.Clippers Coach Doc Rivers said the analytics he’s seen have suggested the best time to use the hack-a-whoever strategy is when the score is tied or the fouling team is...

The Clippers didn't have to wait long for a do-over.
Only four days after suffering an excruciating loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, Chris Paul and the Clippers can put the disappointment behind them Friday at FedEx Forum in the quickie rematch.
The...

The Florida sun and fun is over for the Clippers after two easy victories to start a seven-game trip.
It's back to the grit and grind of facing a hated rival.
Or is that too strong of a word for the way the Clippers and Memphis Grizzlies feel about each...

A performer spun around FedEx Forum inside a human hamster wheel at halftime Sunday.
The Clippers experienced a similar feeling the entire game against the Memphis Grizzlies, circling the court without really going anywhere.
Everything they tried to...

So much for the fun times on the Clippers’ seven-game trip. They arrived at FedEx Forum having won the first two games on their East Coast swing but never seemed to have a chance Sunday during a 107-91 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies that was worse than the...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — This time, the Clippers played the kind of impressive defense against the Memphis Grizzlies on Thursday night that they failed to play Wednesday night against the Atlanta Hawks.
This time, the Clippers were a determined bunch in...

Here they go again, the Clippers and Memphis Grizzlies going after each other once more in a meaningful regular-season game -- even if it is just one of 82.
The Thursday night game is significant because of the Clippers and Grizzlies' history and...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Florida defeated UCLA in the 2011 NCAA tournament, eliminating the Bruins in the second round.
Still, it was a Sweet 16 moment for current UCLA freshman guard Bryce Alford — his birthday was a couple of months earlier.
"I just...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Out of the mouths of Bruin babes.
UCLA freshmen Zach LaVine and Bryce Alford decompressed in the locker room, a long day of chasing without reward over. LaVine looked up at Alford and said, "Man, no more games. No practice tomorrow....